Hot Trailer: ‘Northmen: A Viking Saga’

Germany will be the first release market for Northmen: A Viking Saga, the action adventure pic aboout a gang of Viking marauders. When they are shipwrecked off the coast of Scotland, the Northmen must trek to the safety of the Viking stronghold Danelag. But hot on their tails are the King’s ferocious mercenaries, called the Wolf Pack. Tom Hopper, Ryan Kwanten, Ken Duken, Charlie Murphy, James Norton, Ed Skrein, Anatole Taubman and Johan Hegg star. Co-produced by Ascot Elite Entertainment Group’s Elite Filmproduktion, Two Oceans Productions and Jumping Horse Film, Northmen is directed by Claudio Fäh. The Salt Company is handling worldwide sales with the UK, France, Scandinavia, Australia and New Zealand already sold to Entertainment One.

This doesn’t look particularly better in any way than History’s VIKINGS. In fact, it looks less interesting. It’s like making an ordinary zombie movie after the Walking Dead, if you can’t up the ante, why do it?

Mark K. • on May 8, 2014 4:24 am

It wouldn’t kill any of these huge exhibitor chains with so many empty theaters to bring back the cheap double feature matinee – short subject to start, coming attractions, the works – a classic with a current feature, Buck Rogers feature with “Star Wars”, whatever – it’s not like all their theaters are sold out on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon. They could stagger a whole old serial over a series of weeks shown with revolving current or recent product. Do humans still do programming anymore or is it all done by computer? In fact it’s easier to do such a thing today – no prints or projectionist – than it was all those many years ago.

Katie H • on May 8, 2014 4:24 am

WTF??? Did I just read Charlie Murphy is in the cast?
I need more on this story immediately. They didn’t even put a black face in NOAH! Lol